Age-Friendly Cities and Communities - Information Kit for Local Government Councillors and Senior Management

Local government has a pivotal role in leading and facilitating communities where people of all ages, regardless of ability or life stage, can live a quality life. The international context for ageing has been refocussed. Four priority areas for action were endorsed at the international level in 2016, with age-friendly environments as one of the priorities. The report has resulted in 2020- 2030 being declared the global Decade of Healthy Ageing. In April 2016 – the Victorian Government announced Age-friendly Victoria. Since then, approximately 47 percent of Councils across Victoria have signed the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) and Victorian Government Age-friendly Victoria Declaration.